49ers 34, Rams 13

The Rams laid down like dogs, to quote possibly the only memorable thing Phil Simms ever said. With 17 substitutions to their starting lineup, they were no match for the rejuvenated 49ers, who easily swamped the B squad from L.A. to close out the season on a five game winning streak.

Unless this late season surge turns out to be a mirage, or Jed York does something unspeakably stupid this offseason, it looks like 2017 will be the year power in the NFC West turned upside down. The Seahawks and Cardinals have owned the division the past four years, but neither made the playoffs this year and both look to be trending downward, while the Rams and 49ers are trending upward. Next year, we might see the natural order restored, with the Rams and Niners battling for division supremacy like they did for most of their 20th century rivalry.

The AFC playoffs look like a drab affair that will come down to the Patriots and Steelers yet again, while the other teams thrash around harmlessly in the background. The NFC is much more competitive. Five of the six entrants won at least 11 games this year, with Atlanta winning 10. And any one of them could end up in the Super Bowl.

The 49er offense finally crawled out of the sewer this year, finishing 20th in points and 12th in yardage. The defensive improvement was much more modest, finishing 25th in points allowed and 24th in yardage.

For the first time in four years, the 49ers will not be firing their head coach at season’s end. So far, not yet one day into 2018, the Lions, Colts, and Raiders have all handed out pink slips. Before the week is out, there will undoubtedly be more.

Stability has returned to Centennial Blvd. How long will it last this time around?

They will be in Vegas soon and you can see they are building that marquee sign already. Actually it should be a lot of fun for the whole league. I am sorry to see em go because of the history but they haven’t wanted to be here for a long time.
As far as the Niners go I truly believe we will have the most dynamic offense since the Steve Young era. It was fun to watch em. You could tell all year even when we lost all those games by a few points and the two blowouts that this team never quits. We started the year almost looking like that Ram team we saw yesterday, I can’t ever remember a total rebuild quite like we had this year from any NFL team. It just goes to show what good management and coaching can do. This year was not a fluke.

What’s Alex stat-line look like beyond 15yds/pass attempt I wonder?
Book on Alex is squat at 15 and dare him to get over your head as a Defender.
He simply doesn’t scare anyone.
Dink and dunk looks great on the bottom line. Low risk/High % passes most of the time.
Get lucky with a 4yd toss that goes for 40+ and reap the benefits on your QBR.

“I acknowledge his right to do that. I don’t respect the motivation or the action,” said Harbaugh, who coached Kaepernick with the San Francisco 49ers.
He changed his tune AFTER the PC police strong-armed him.

It’s not a 1st Amendment issue and it’s based on a false narrative. It’s a bullshit excuse to spit in the face of the public and get more camera time and press for themselves. They don’t give a shit that they are losing fans, permanently damaging the league, and making it tougher on those they pretend to care about.

Meanwhile the stock market keeps reaching new record gains and black American unemployment has hit an historic low.

Seems to me that is a bit more meaningful to those “systematically oppressed” black citizens than a bunch of spoiled millionaire brats spitting on the flag and repeating nonsense like “hands up, don’t shoot” as some sort of justification for their look-at-me anti-American antics.

I don’t care who it is, if there is a coach or owner anywhere with the stones to stand up to these anti-American asshole entertainers and demand the same from them as any other employer demands from his employees I vote to have him take over for the spineless nutless ones running the Niners org now.

Titans completely dominated the LOS on both sides of the ball in the second half. Chiefs couldn’t stop the run (200 yards). Not having Kelce was the key to the turn around (along with the refs and blind luck). Titans can’t cover TEs. Kelce had 66 yards in the first half. When Niners played them, Kittle and Celek combined for 115 yards. They better hope they don’t play NE, Gronk will eat them alive – unless they spear him in the head and knock him out of the game, too.